US jobs knock gold price
But likelihood of US rate hike by the end of the year still below 50% and other markets remain in easing mode.
Frik Els , Editor
Frik has 20 years’ experience as a business journalist across a range of industries including automotive, technology and entertainment markets. Frik has an entry in Global Mining Observer’s Who’s Who of Mining 2018, and contributions to publications and conferences including Business Insider, Investing.com, Mines & Money London and New York, Vancouver Resources Investment, Progressive Mine Forum in Toronto and Canadian Mining Symposium in London, UK. He’s been interviewed on CBC Radio and Korea State TV and quoted in the Financial Post.
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CHART: Just how wrong were 2016 gold price bears
The majority of 31 investment bank and institutional analysts polled in January saw gold trading in triple digits this year.
More bad news for copper price
Study shows the most efficient mines in top producer Chile now produce copper for less than $1 a pound after finding an additional 13% in savings this year.
More Grasberg uncertainty for Freeport
No early talks on Indonesia licence extension, export permit expiring next week still being negotiated.
Rio’s now mining iron ore for $14.30 a tonne
It's newly approved Silvergrass mine will make its margins even fatter.
Rio cautious on outlook as earnings halve
"The global economy seems stuck in a subdued low-productivity growth pattern," says world's number two miner after reporting lowest earnings in 12 years.
Oyu Tolgoi copper, gold production drops
Lower grades and reduced mining at open pit expected with massive underground expansion of Mongolian mine at least five years away.
Simandou shelving great for Rio, rivals
$20 billion West African iron ore mega-project had the potential to lower long-term iron ore price by $5 per tonne according to new report.
Gold price jumps to highest since March 2014
CHARTS: Gold is crushing the US dollar.
This is what a broad-based metals and mining rally looks like
CHART: The gold price may grab headlines, but coal's rally comes as a shocker – thermal prices are up 22% in 2016 and coking coal's back in triple digits.
Top 50 mining companies power through Iran war – up $250 billion in 2026
The world’s 50 biggest mining stocks shrug off global turmoil, hitting a combined $2.4 trillion value in Q1, but the tide did not lift all boats.